Looking at the Met Gala’s gowns, I was thinking about having an accessible wardrobe selection ranging from convenient basic garments to elegant festive pieces.
I preferred what the men wore to the ordinary choices made by the women
I’ve often thought if I weren’t doing what I’m currently doing, I’d be in the music industry as an A&R rep or a fashion designer, because there’s often a song playing in my head and I can literally obsess over clothes. It’s probably why everyone believes I have an enormous closet. Not true, I sell my items consignment, and having self-control, I don’t live beyond my means.
I was fashion-conscious even as a kid and gave my mother a hard time. She made many of my clothes but the things that she did buy I insisted that they come from Bullocks Wilshire. I was a fashion snob when I was only 7 years old!
It’s so ingrained in me; it’s why I have no interest in shopping at a thrift store. In thrift stores, I see labels and items I have given away! Being sensitive, I also don’t want to wear and take on other people’s energy. However vintage is an entirely different story, it’s high-end quality garments, so taking on the energy of a coat that hung in a mansion or as part of an estate sale is fine with me.
I must have gotten the elitist trait from my father because his suits and shirts were all bespoke. Although my Mother examined the quality of a garment turning it inside out and sniffing for flaws like a hound on a hunt, she wanted the best money could buy and looked for sales. My father paid full price for everything.
When he took me to Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills I was 12 and was so razzle-dazzled I was dizzy from happiness.
Back to the present…now that the era of good stiff, tight jeans and cardigans is gone I want more European flair and glamour. I’m really into sleep leisure and getting dressed up to stay home. It’s one of the most extravagant and decadent things I dress for.
I am bored to tears looking at athleisure wear. It looks like tights on the court jester who forgot his pants. Although I completely understand wanting comfort to be at home, I’m not judging anyone for wearing them, I just know they don’t hold a place in my closet, and they’ve been ditched.
Style is a really important means of expression for me, it’s just not about clothing — it’s actually a really significant part of identity and expression in my life. Losing my style would be the same thing as losing my sense of self. I’ve come more into myself and become more self-assured in this century when I’ve used fashion and clothes that gives me a solid sense of who I am.
I shop more online these days since the state of retail is in flux. I don’t think retail is dying, I don’t think it can die, but it’s not what it was. Two of my favorite boutiques where I shopped locally have closed their doors. They couldn’t survive the Pandemic.
For Christmas I got 2 gift cards; one from Anthropologie and another for Nordstrom. Those were great gifts and ones I used happily
I love going to Nordstrom at the Grove and Anthropologie in Century City.
That's one of the ways the Pandemic changed me. There’s so much more to share more internal deeper stuff but for today it’s only going to be on the outer vestiges of my life.
What changes have you made as a result of the Pandemic?
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